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The Wilmington District Brigade was an administrative division of the North Carolina militia during the American Revolutionary War (1776–1783). This unit was established by the North Carolina Provincial Congress on May 4, 1776, and disbanded at the end of the war. [1] Leadership.
The units included military district brigades established in 1776, county regiments, four battalions, and one independent corps of light horse. Four regiments were located in counties that became part of the Southwest Territory in 1790 and later Tennessee in 1796.
The Wilmington District Minuteman Battalion was created by the Continental Congress on September 9, 1775 for six months duration. The brigade was commanded by Colone John Alexander Lillington. It was disbanded on April 10, 1776 in favor of Wilmington District Brigade of militia.
The Bladen County Regiment of Militia was a regiment in the North Carolina militia, under the authority of the Wilmingtoon District Brigade. The regiment recruited out of Bladen County, of which it shares its name.
The Wilmington District Brigade was a brigade of the North Carolina militia which served as a centralised command over the regiments close to the city of Wilmington. The Brigade was formed in 1776 to improve coordination of militia regiments spread over several counties.
The units included district brigades, county regiments, some battalions, and a special unit of volunteers from North Carolina counties that became Tennessee after the war. North Carolina was organized in counties in the colonial era and military districts as the state began to exercise its independence from British rule.
These districts were each comprised of a number of counties surrounding a significant town and corresponded with existing judicial districts: Edenton, Halifax, Hillsborough, New Bern, Salisbury, and Wilmington.
